The Best Career Book of All Time

What Color Is Your Parachute?, by Richard Nelson Bolles, is not only the top-selling career book of all time, it's also the best. I feel that every job seeker, no matter what your occupation or industry, can benefit from Mr. Bolles' wisdom on a number of job search-related topics. What truly impresses me about this book is that it just makes sense about how to approach a job search: namely, that employers have needs which need to be filled and that your job is to convey your ability to do this to them. It also touches upon the use of non-traditional means to find employment- an effective approach because, let's face it, some of the standard approaches are very ineffective (e.g. posting your resume to a popular job board and waiting for the phone to ring or the email to alert you).

Even if you're not currently looking for work, buy this book. It has valuable lessons about work and life in general.